Categories: spiritual-journey, uni-reflections
Date: 23 June 2009 18:06:42
I have wondered whether or not to put this on the net....but know that this is the space where alot of the people who have supported me in prayer during the adventure get updated. So here it is....the latest update. It's taken a new turn this week. After alot of twisting and turning it appears I, after chatting it through with my supervisors, have made the decision about the upgrade. I expected it to be taken by others, but in the end as I say I have taken the decision.....I'm not going for it. Therefore, if all goes to plan and I get the field work done and the odd 70,000 words written in the next year or so I will end up achieving a MLitt and be job hunting in late 2010.
The reasons are various, and this is not the place to explain all of them, but I know it is the right decision for me. Just as, whilst sometimes I might doubt it, I know deep down coming on this adventure was the right thing for me to do.
Whilst a small part of me is worried that I am somehow letting down those who have supported me on the adventure by not upgrading I hope this isn't the case. Anybody who knows me, (and that includes all who have supported me prayerfully, financially or whatever), will be aware that this has always been about doing the research rather than the qualification at the end of it. I am going to get that research done and get some kind of bit of paper at the end...just it will take a bit less time and have different letters. More importantly, I hope by making this decision I am actually going to do a better bit of research because in many ways this will reduce the amount of pressure I am putting myself under.